Updated On: 15 April, 2024 09:23 PM IST | Dharamsala | mid-day online correspondent
The surface contains a small percentage of polymer fibre with the natural turf inside cricket stadiums

A general view shows India`s and England`s cricketers in the field of play during the first day of the fifth Test cricket match in March (Pic: AFP)
The idyllic Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) stadium has become the first BCCI-accredited body to install state-of-the-art `hybrid pitch` to host two IPL 2024 matches.
"The hybrid track has been installed and the two IPL 2024 games will be played on newly installed surface," a HPCA official told PTI on conditions of anonymity.